Vegetable gardens used to be all about practicality and productivity, with not a flower or decorative element in sight. While they were not designed to make your heart sing they could supply enough produce to feed a large family seven days a week. Not all vegetable gardens were so utilitarian though. In grander properties you might have seen a potager garden with neatly trimmed hedges, beautifully arranged herbs, flowers, fruit trees and vegetables. The antithesis of the utilitarian food gardens these designer cook’s gardens were often dismissed by ‘real’ gardeners as a fanciful trend and unlikely to catch on. Fast forward a few decades and the fanciful trend has become a mainstream movement with some landscape designers reporting queues of clients wanting to have their lawns, ornamental borders, courtyards and balconies converted into productive but pretty cook’s gardens. Many are motivated by a desire to eat as organically as possible, and what better way to achieve this than growing your own produce? Other gardeners want to save money or like the idea of teaching their children where food comes from. For others still, it’s just about enjoying the taste of fresh produce direct from the garden. And with outdoor space such a precious commodity, many of these contemporary kitchen gardeners also prefer their vegie plots to be as much about good looks as good food. With all this in mind, here’s how to convert your vegie patch into a stunning cook’s garden.

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